Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” may be the #1 song in the U.S. right now, but the #1 song in the world is a different Christmas tune.
For the first time ever, “Last Christmas” by Wham!has topped the Billboard Global 200. The 1984 hit by the British duo is only the second Christmas song to top the Global 200 since the chart began in 2020. The first was, of course, Mariah’s song.
Meanwhile, on the Hot 100 “Last Christmas” has reached a new peak of #2. It’s also #1 in the U.K.
The estate of the late George Michael, who died on Christmas Day 2016, wrote on Instagram about the song’s continued success, “George adored Christmas, and he would have truly loved seeing WHAM! back at Number 1 this year.
“It fills our hearts that this brilliant, timeless song continues to resonate with audiences while captivating new listeners around the world.”
Dan Aykroyd smiles at Elijah Wood with Reba McEntire in a scene from the film ‘North’, 1994. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
Reba McEntire‘s remembering Rob Reiner after the actor/director and his wife were found murdered in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.
“I enjoyed every minute I was around Rob Reiner,” Reba shared on Instagram Monday. “He was one of a kind. I got to work with him on the movie North and he also helped us with our ending of my video, ‘Does He Love You.'”
“I sure will miss him,” she added. “What a gift he was to this world. Rest in peace, my friend.”
Reba acted in 1994’s North, which was produced and directed by the former All in the Family star.
Her post includes a photo of Reiner from 1993’s “Does He Love You” shoot with Linda Davis. He appears at the end of the video as the director of the fictional film in which Reba and Linda’s characters are starring.
Cardi B performs onstage during TikTok In The Mix at Sloan Park on December 10, 2023, in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for TikTok)
Cardi B returned to the stage roughly a month after giving birth to her son with partner Stefon Diggs. She performed Sunday at the Soundstorm Festival 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cardi took the stage with songs “Hello,” “Bartier Carti” and more while paying homage to the culture with a hot pink Arabian-inspired outfit and head scarf. She even stepped off stage for closer interaction with the fans.
Cardi later reflected on her experience in the country on Instagram Live, noting, “It’s very strict out here. They will put you under the jail. … The people over here is hip, honey. … They are very polite, they don’t look at you like you’re poor.”
“I’m starting not to like America,” she said. “America makes me pay taxes. The vice president is talking s*** about me on Twitter. I don’t feel real appreciated in America. Y’all need to convince me to come back.”
Cardi’s performance likely indicates that she’s been preparing for her upcoming Little Miss Drama tour. She showed fans she’s been working out to get her body ready for the trek.
“We in Saudi Arabia baby, I told ya after I give birth imma be getting ready for the Little Miss Drama tour!” Cardi said in an Instagram video that saw her working out in the gym.
“It is two months away,” she said while dressed in a black outfit and matching head covering. “Everyone keep asking me, ‘Cardi, how did you lose all that weight after the baby?’ … I’ll tell you how I did it: Stress.”
Cardi continued, “It is Christmas, it is Kwanzaa, it is Hanukkah [and] get your tickets now, because in January don’t be hitting me up, like, ‘Cardi, there’s no tickets left. … I ain’t got nothin’ but this tour to give ya!”
Former Beatle, George Harrison (1943 – 2001), Cannes, France, 30th January 1976. Harrison is in Cannes for the Midem music industry trade fair. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
George Harrison’s classic tune “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” is getting an official video.
Harrison’s official Instagram page gave fans a preview of the animated clip, which has been directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard.
The video is being released on Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT.
“Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” was the opening track and lead single off Harrison’s 1973 album, Living in the Material World, which went to #1. The song topped the chart as well, becoming Harrison’s second #1 after “My Sweet Lord.” The tune actually knocked his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney and Wings’ “My Love” out of the top spot.
Anthony Geary accepts the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for ‘General Hospital’ during the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, California. (Allen Berezovsky/WireImage via Getty Images)
General Hospital star Anthony Geary has died, his publicist confirmed to KABC. He was 78.
The soap opera star was known for playing Luke Spencer on the hit ABC daytime drama.
Fans remember Geary’s Luke Spencer for being quirky, impulsive, brash and sassy, which made him one of daytime TV’s most iconic characters.
Geary’s longtime role as Luke Spencer began in 1978. He played the iconic soap opera character on TV until 2015.
“He was not created to be a heroic character,” Geary told Nightline in 2015. “He was created to be an anti-hero and I have treasured the anti-side of the hero and pushed it for a long time.”
“He’s not a white hat or a black hat, he’s all shades of grey,” he continued. “And that has been the saving grace of playing him all these years.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(LOS ANGELES) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the FBI disrupted a “massive and horrific terror plot” by an anti-government extremist group allegedly planning a series of bombings against multiple targets in Orange County and Los Angeles, California, beginning on New Years Eve.
Bondi said the plot by the so-called “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” which she described in the announcement as a “far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government and anti-capitalist group,” also “planned to target ICE agents and vehicles.”
At a Los Angeles press conference Monday morning, Bill Essayli, assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, and Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said that four people — identified as Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, Zachary Aaron Page, 32, Dante Gaffield, 24, and Tina Lai, 41 — were arrested and each charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device.
The FBI on Friday “intercepted a scheme by members of a violent extremist group we believe determined to detonate explosives at multiple businesses on New Year’s Eve,” according to Davis.
The four people arrested, whom Davis said were “members of a radical faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a violent homegrown anti-government group,” allegedly planned to plant backpacks containing improvised explosive devices “to be detonated at multiple locations in Southern California targeting U.S. companies.”
The IEDs were coordinated to detonate at midnight on New Year’s Eve, Davis said, adding that the suspects were arrested Friday by the FBI while they were allegedly assembling the devices in the desert.
All four will appear in federal court Monday afternoon, according to officials.
Though he declined to name the companies that were allegedly targeted, Essayli described them as “logistics centers.” He added that there were “at least five” locations that the suspects allegedly planned to target in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
FBI Director Kash Patel also posted Monday that a fifth person “believed to be linked” to the Turtle Island Liberation Front had been arrested by the FBI in New Orleans for “allegedly planning a separate violent attack.”
Ed Sheeran performs onstage during 2025 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York City. (Kevin Kane/WireImage)
What does Ed Sheeran do when he gets offstage? Goes to a bar and keeps on singing.
In a video shared by Asia Roma karaoke bar in New York City, Ed is seen sitting at the bar with Harry Potter star Tom Felton, who is currently reprising his role as Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
As Ed’s hit “Perfect” plays on the karaoke system, Ed holds the mic and sings along, before urging the bartender and the crowd, “You’ve got to sing it, too!”
According to the bar, Ed and Tom popped in on Friday night, the same night that Ed had done a short set at Madison Square Garden, during which he sang — you guessed it — “Perfect.”
(LONDON) — At least nine of the 15 people who were killed in the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, have been identified.
They include a young soccer player originally from France, a rugby team manager, a great-grandfather known for his “love of life” who died while shielding others and a Holocaust survivor.
Two gunmen — believed to be a father and son — opened fire on Sunday at an event marking the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, according to authorities.
Here’s what we know about the victims:
Dan Elkayam, 27
Dan Elkayam, 27, a French citizen, was among those killed in the Bondi Beach shooting.
French President Emmanuel Macron posted on X, writing, “I learn with deep sadness of the death our compatriot, Dan Elkayam, during the antisemitic terrorist attack in Sydney,” according to an English translation. “I am thinking of his family and loved ones and express to them the full solidarity of the Nation.”
Elkayam was a player with the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club, a semi-professional football club in the Sydney suburb of Rockdale. Dennis Loether, president of the club, released a statement in response to Elkayam’s passing.
“To say we are shocked would be an understatement. We are [devastated] to learn that our PL1 Association Player — Dan Elkayam — was tragically and senselessly killed in the Bondi Beach massacre,” the statement read.
The statement described Elkayam as an “extremely talented midfield player,” who lived with his girlfriend in in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
“Those who were closest to him described him as a down to earth, happy go lucky individual who was warmly embraced by those he me,” the statement continued. “His smiling face and respectful nature will be sorely missed by his [teammates] and everyone that knew him. We pray for him and for his family.”
Alexander Kleytman, 87
Alexander Kleytman, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, was among those killed during the Bondi Beach attack, his wife, Larisa Kleytman, told reporters outside St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.
“I think he was shot because he raised himself up to protect me,” Larisa Kleytman told the newspaper The Australian.
Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff
Rabbi Leibel Laaroff’s death was confirmed on X by his father, Yoosi Lazaroff.
“Please say Psalms 20 & 21 for my son, Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff … who was shot in a terrorist attack at a Chanukah event he was running for Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, Australia,” the post read. “The Chabad Rabbi he was working with Rabbi Eli Schlangerwas killed. Praying for all the victims and their families.”
Yaakov Levitan
Yaakov Levitan, secretary of the Jewish institution, the Sydney Beth Din, was killed in the attack. His death was confirmed to Guardian Australia by Sydney Beth Din senior member, Rabbi Yehoram Ulman.
”Yaakov Levitan was a profoundly beloved and active member of the Sydney Jewish community,” according to a post on the crowdfunding site Charidy being overseen by the non-profit organization Jewish House.
“He served as general manager of Chabad of Bondi, a dedicated secretary at the Sydney Beth Din, and was a key figure in educational initiatives at the BINA Centre in Sydney. He was a man of quiet devotion, known for his kindness and tireless work in assisting others, including his commitment to distributing tefillin as a sacred act of service,” the post read.
Peter Meagher
Peter Meagher, also known as “Marzo,” was a longtime volunteer at Randwick Rugby Club, which confirmed his death in a statement on Monday.
“It is with an extremely heavy heart that Randwick DRUFC can confirm the tragic passing of our much loved First Grade Manager and loyal club volunteer Peter Meagher yesterday,” the statement from general manager, Mark Harrison, said.
“Peter was working as a freelance photographer at the ill-fated Hanukkah event and for him it was simply a catastrophic case of being in the wrong place and at the wrong time,” the statement read.
The statement said Meagher served for almost four decades a police officer in the New South Wales police force and retired as a detective sergeant.
“Our deepest condolences go to his wife Virginia, his brothers Greg, David, Andrew and Paul, their extended families and mountain of friends across Randwick Rugby, NSW Police, Sydney Rugby Referees and our local community,” the statement continued.
Reuven Morrison, 67
Reuven Morrison’s death was confirmed in a post on X by Chabad.org, the flagship website of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Morrison, 67, emigrated from the former Soviet Union to Australia in the 1970s, according to the post.
Chabad.org reported he divided his time between Sydney and Melbourne and was a “successful businessman whose main goal was to give away his earnings to charities dear to his heart.”
Morrison leaves behind a wife and a daughter, Shaina, according to the post.
Marika Pogany
Marika Pogany’s death was confirmed in a post on X from Peter Pellegrini, president of the Slovak Republic.
“Already yesterday, I unequivocally condemned the brutal, deadly attack on innocent people during the Hanukkah celebrations at Australia’s Bondi Beach and expressed my deep solidarity with a nation plunged into grief and shock,” the statement read. “Today, that grief has reached Slovakia as well — among the victims of this senseless, violent rampage was a Slovak woman, Marika.”
“I extend my heartfelt and sincere condolences to Marika’s family and loved ones.”
Rabbi Eli Schlanger
Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s death was confirmed by his cousin, Zalman N Shterna Lewis, in a post on Instagram.
Schlanger was a 41-year-old father-of-five, according to the Instagram post.
“My dear cousin, Rabbi Eli Schlanger was murdered in today’s terrorist attack in Sydney. He leaves behind his wife & young children, as well as my uncle & aunt & siblings,” Lewis wrote on Sunday. “With confidence knowing that ‘joy breaks all boundaries,’ the positive light of Chanukah will triumph against the darkness for once and for all. I knew Eli well enough to know he’d concur.”
Tibor Weitzen, 78
Tibor Weitzen, a 78-year-old great-grandfather, was one of those killed in the attack, his granddaughter, Leor Amzalak, confirmed to Guardian Australia.
His grandson, Mendy Amzalak, told the Australian that Weitzen was a “man full of life, joy, smiles and laughter”, who died shielding others from the bullets.
COLlive.com, an Orthodox Jewish news outlet reporting on Chabad-Lubavitch communities around the world, wrote in a post on Instagram that Weitzen was known “for his warmth, kindness, and love of life. Tibor brought joy to everyone he met, especially the children at Shul, where he was famous for greeting them with lollipops and a smile.”
Mariah Carey ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ 30th anniversary (Sony Music Entertainment)
There was just one thing Mariah Carey needed for Christmas, and now she has it: an all-time Billboard chart record.
Her 1994 holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has just racked up its 20th overall week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, setting a new mark for longest domination of the top spot on that chart. The previous record of 19 weeks was jointly held by Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
Of course, Mariah didn’t rack up those 20 weeks in the same year. The first time “All I Want for Christmas Is You” topped the chart was in 2019, when it ruled for three weeks. Since then, it’s returned to #1 every year for multiple weeks; it finally added up to 20 this week.
This is actually the second time Mariah has set this record. Back in 1996, she and Boyz II Men did it when their collaboration “One Sweet Day” spent a 16th week at #1 on the Hot 100. That record stood until 2017, when it was tied by “Despacito,” then broken in 2019 by “Old Town Road,” then tied again in 2024 by “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
On Instagram, Mariah reacted to the news by posting a photo of herself in a Christmas-themed jumpsuit, holding a fake torch. “Humbly taking back the torch!! 20 weeks at #1… I’m so grateful,” she captioned the pic.
Ice Cube attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Columbia Pictures’ “Anaconda” at The United Theater on Broadway on December 13, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Ice Cube appears in the Anaconda remake, an opportunity he says he didn’t want to turn down. At the LA premiere of the film, he said the movie was a full-circle moment after appearing in the 1997 original.
“It’s cool to do a cameo, to kind of make it go full circle in a way,” Cube told the crowd, according to Deadline. “When they asked me to do it, when I knew the kind of movie they were doing, I jumped at it. I’m like, ‘This is something different. It’s cool.'”
“People probably get a kick out of me popping on the screen,” he said.
Cube starred as cameraman Danny in the 1997 movie. The 2025 version of the film stars Jack Black and Paul Rudd as Doug and Griff, best friends who pursue their dream to remake their favorite movie, Anaconda, and actually encounter a deadly snake. Cube reprises his role as Danny in the film.
